When we gather at the cenotaph on Remembrance Day it is because a cenotaph is a monument inscribed to honor the dead but which does not contain any remains.
An epitaph is inscribed on the tombstone above a grave.
Both words and concepts are Greek in origin.
Today, the simplest epitaphs are for Catholic clergy.
Seven crosses for a bishop, five for a priest, and one for parishioners.
